Iran-Iraq War
1980 CE – 1988 CE
Iraq invaded post-revolutionary Iran, triggering eight years of trench warfare, human-wave attacks, and chemical weapons use. The war killed an estimated 500,000 and ended in a UN-brokered stalemate.
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1980–1988 armed conflict in West Asia
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Iran-Iraq War
1980 CE – 1988 CEIraq invaded post-revolutionary Iran, triggering eight years of trench warfare, human-wave attacks, and chemical weapons use. The war killed an estimated 500,000 and ended in a UN-brokered stalemate.
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